HEXAPLA is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HEXAPLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEXAPLA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 64 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEXAPLA is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEXAPLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEXAPLA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HEXAPLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does HEXAPLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An edition of a text, especially the Old Testament, that sets six versions side by side in parallel columns.
The most famous hexapla was compiled by the early Christian scholar Origen to compare Hebrew and Greek texts. Only fragments of the original hexapla survive.
How HEXAPLA is used
Hexapla is a scholarly term from Biblical studies.
- Origen prepared the great hexapla in the third century.
- Scholars still search libraries for pages of the hexapla.
- A hexapla lets the reader compare six versions at a glance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEXAPLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEXAPLA
4 longer words begin with HEXAPLA.
Shorter words from the letters in HEXAPLA
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Common questions about HEXAPLA
- Is HEXAPLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEXAPLA, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEXAPLA worth?
- HEXAPLA is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEXAPLA mean?
- An edition of a text, especially the Old Testament, that sets six versions side by side in parallel columns.
- What letters can be added to HEXAPLA?
- HEXAPLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HEXAPLA:
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